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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

On average it takes me twice as long to shape one of these as any other board because of the amount of volume I take out of them...the rails are thinned out to just a little less than the point of an index finger (not a sausage shaped finger either...). I'm not sure how to fully express how bladed these boards are, but most people that have seen them have remarked on their similarity to an alaia...(also note the fin placement compared to other hulls).Its up to you to decide how you like it, but so far a whole lot of perspectives have been warped...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Years ago I met Nari and Takeshi in the water on an ultra fun day in montecito, the session was magic and we all had a great time sharing waves and broken english; our most in depth communication was through wave riding and sharing boards.

The first year I met these two guys was the first year that I started shaping boards, ever since then we have somehow all crossed paths in the water once or twice a year, each year they've gotten to see the latest of my boards and my experiments...Nari flys in from Japan every winter for a week or two and somehow we always run into each other in the water.

Yesterday morning as I was leaving the lower Rincon parking lot after a surf with Jonny and Lalo, I saw the dynamic duo pull up for the first time this year. Nari had just flown in that day, and they had their same two old logs in the back of the truck, just like last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and the year before that!

I had given my phone number to Takeshi last winter, so I told them to call me and come stop by the shop to hang out and chat for once outside the lineup...Nari came out today with a few of his friends who flew here with him for the week, so I gave them the grand tour of the lesser seen side of SB and my shaping room, then took them to the glass shop to show them some interesting orders which are all about half way done at the moment.

Needless to say it was really really cool to hang out with some old friends, and show them the progress that has been made since we first met!

I decided to pick up my camera again after a long hiatus. With a whole lot of inspiration from Kyle and Morgan, the help of some jackass who stole my digital SLR last summer, and the finding of an old roll of Ilford fp4 while cleaning my garage, I loaded my first roll of b&w film in quite a while...

Took a little drive down to OC over the weekend to see the Slave 4 Soup show, surf a bit (see below for what we came across...), and meet some new faces. I also got to hang out and sacrifice a goat with the Svrf/Destroy crew...they're a trip.

GrassisGreener has a full writeup of our Adventures, and some killer photos to go with!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

New logo!Not to worry, its still very pelican-y...I've been trying to nail this one down for a few weeks and finally got it to a place that I really like. simplicity is key, so without further ado, here she is!

Until we get my photos from yesterdays epic 'con session back, I'll share some older stuff.

This photo was taken by my friend David Teichner back in 2005...he decided to paddle his newly acquired medium format camera out with us in the lineup, wrapped in a towel to snap a few photos, this one has been a favorite of mine ever since!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Possibly my favorite shaping photo to date, something about this one gets me!

Looking at these photos from my perspective; after seeing countless re-hashed photos and angles from other photog's, this one stands out for me as well...simply beautiful and more poignant than I think was intended:

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